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A worker at a Teesside school has tested positive for covid-19. The staff member is now at home self-isolating, along with two others as a precaution. Ward Jackson Primary School, in Hartlepool, announced the news to parents on Friday. The staff member had not been […]

As many as 30 British private schools are preparing to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Sunday Telegraph has learned, with parents struggling to pay fees contributing to their collapse. Most schools “haven’t got deep pockets” and the current crisis has pushed dozens of […]

There has been one further Covid-19 related death in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of Health. The latest figures show that the death toll has now reached 537. Figures released on Saturday June 6, also confirmed 14 further positive cases. In the past 24 […]

Michael Rosen, the writer, poet and broadcaster who spent 47 days in intensive care with coronavirus has taken his first steps since beginning his recovery. Rosen, 74, the author of children’s books including We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and Little Rabbit Foo Foo, charted […]

There have no confirmed cases of Covid-19 recorded in the Grampian area in the past 24 hours. New figures from the Scottish Government show there have a further 21 people diagnosed with the virus nationally, taking the country’s total number of positive cases since the […]

Serco, one of the companies that has secured a lucrative government contract for the Covid contact-tracing programme, was fined more than £1m for failures on another government contract just months ago, the Observer has learned. The revelation has led to campaigners against the privatisation of […]

With George Floyd, because of the protests, initially, there were actually attempts to explain that the knee on his neck wasn’t necessarily the cause of death, it was his underlying health conditions, and we see with Covid now in this review that they’re attempting to […]

Seven more people have died after testing positive for Covid-19 in North East hospitals. NHS England has announced 123 new deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 27,282. Of the 123 […]

The failure of governments and central banks to set out a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis is threatening to derail vital UN climate talks aimed at staving off global catastrophe, campaigners have warned. On Friday, the UK and the UN attempted to revive the […]

Genetically engineered cows are making human antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2. SAB Biotherapeutics By Mitch LeslieJun. 5, 2020 , 4:35 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. The latest recruits in the fight against COVID-19 are munching hay in a South Dakota barn. […]